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Dimethyl hydroxy H furanone DMHF also called furaneol thresh
2,5-Dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (DMHF), also called furaneol, (threshold value: 60ppb in water) is a caramel and pineapple-like aroma that exists in many berries. It was first isolated from pineapples in 1967. β--glucopyranoside of DMHF has been reported as the major metabolite for DMHF [38–40,42]. In addition, it has been reported that sugars with configuration, such as -glucose and -fructose, were first transformed into -fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, which can be hydrolyzed into DMHF (Fig. 12) [42]. However, -configuration sugars cannot covert to DMHF.
Some non-alcoholic volatile aromas such as benzaldehyde, coumarin, and β-damascenone also occur as their glycosidically bound form, and these glycosidically bound volatile aromas take more steps than glycosidically bound alcoholic volatiles to release free volatile aromas [43]. For instance, benzaldehyde is liberated from prunasin to mandelonitrile as an intermediate, which isomerizes from purchase tropisetron to aldehyde (Fig. 13) [25]. Coumarin has been characterized as a sweet-herbaceous and cherry flower-like aroma in green tea. The steaming time and drying temperature both influence the final concentration of coumarin. It has been reported that most coumarin occurs in its free form in fresh green tea leaves but small amounts of it bond with its primeveroside precursor. It is formed by the intramolecular esterification of hydroxycinnamic acid after hydrolysis from 2-coumaric acid primeveroside (Fig. 13) [25,44].
Four β-damascenone glycosidic precursors (7a, 7b, 8a, and 8b) have been isolated and identified from black and green tea leaves. The pH and processing temperature significantly affect the hydrolysis of these glycosidic precursors. It has been demonstrated that a strong acidic condition (pH 2.0) with a high temperature (90°C) favors the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds. Compounds 7a and 7b are first dehydrated to form the glycoconjugates of 8a and 8b via 9 and 10 intermediates, which leads to β-damascenone (Fig. 14) [12]. Table 6 illustrates aromas derived from glycosidic bonds with different sugar moieties in three types of tea.
Maillard reaction products
The Maillard reaction is universal in food processing. Large amounts of heterocyclic compounds such as furan, pyrrole, thiophene, and their derivatives have also been generated by the Maillard reaction during the tea manufacturing process, and some of these compounds are summarized in Table 7[53–55].
Summary
Aroma compounds differ largely depending on the manufacturing process, even from the same categories of different origins. Black tea volatiles are mainly dependent on the oxidation of tea flavonols during fermentation. Virtually, most alcohols, aliphatic acids, phenols, and carbonyls occur in this stage. The degree of partial fermentation determines the constitution and concentration of major aromas in oolong tea, such as jasmine lactones, nerolidol, and methyl jasmonate. Non-fermented green tea contains abundant tea catechins that give it its unique greenish aroma. Major volatile aroma compounds identified in different types of tea with their precursors are summarized in Table 8, which lists aroma compounds, their flavor notes, precursors of formation, odor threshold, and existing tea category.
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